Our beautiful country is faced with one of the worst droughts in history. Day Zero for Cape Town has already been moved up to 12 April, 2018. With this date fast approaching it leaves the rental market with some uncertainty regarding the legal position of

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I moved out of our rented home at the end of October and I’m concerned that I’m not going to get my deposit back; one of my neighbours who knows my landlord told me “he does not pay back deposits”. She told me that he

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Hi, I signed a fixed-term lease for a year that said I am allowed two guests per week to stay over. Before I moved in the landlord emailed me to say that the guest policy has been changed and no guests are allowed.
I did not accept

“Sharon speaking, hello.”
“Hi Sharon, it’s Lebo.”
“Oh, hi Lebo. How are you?”
“I’m fine Sharon; just saw that you have not yet paid your rent?”
“I…uh…I was meaning to call you about that.”
“It’s the 4th of the month. Your rent needs to me in my account by the

Cilna Steyn, MD of SSLR Inc, completed her LLB Degree at Unisa, after which she was admitted as an attorney in 2007. She co-founded Steyn & Steyn Attorneys, where she began specialising in evictions. As an entrepreneur and business owner Steyn’s main focus is not